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Anonymous
2019-10-21T23:30:05+00:00

So im trying to install a new m.2 drive in addition to my almost full 500 GB, and upon booting into the bios I saw that my pc was only booting into windows boot manager. I tried to set boot priority to the 500GB ssd which has my OS installed on it... however it gave me a restart and select correct boot device. I have also tried booting the PC with the M.2 installed and that seems to confuse things further for the booting sequence. If anyone can help me out figuring out how to stop booting from Windows boot manager and then will allow me to only boot from the SSD. Thanks a ton this means alot to me.

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-10-24T02:29:30+00:00

    Hi,

    The M.2 got Initialized as GPT by the clean install of Windows 10 with the machine and installation media setup for UEFI Bios.. Windows does this automatically as part of the installation, or if you do a Custom Install and select the Unallocated drive.. So that issue is resolved.. That is why I suggested the Clean Install... As a way to Initialize the drive properly with the hope that you could then proceed with the cloning\imaging..

    That was before the issue of both drives not being usable at the same time popped up..

    It is normally a piece of cake to add\install a new or additional HDD\SSD to Windows 10... Just plug it in..

    The fact you are using a M.2, not a standard drive has complicated things more than just adding a 2nd SSD would...

    I just took a quick look at the specs for your motherboard and it seems that SATA Ports 5+6 are disabled when you hook up a M.2 drive to the M2_1 connection.. I'm guessing that  your SSD is plugged into 5 or 6..

    Try plugging it in to one of the connections on the other end of the block of SATA Ports and see what happens..

    BTW... Copying files from the SSD to the M.2 will not move the existing operating system to the M.2, or any programs.. When this is all fixed, you will need to decide if you still want to clone\image and keep all of your programs intact, or just start fresh with the clean install on the M.2..

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-10-22T22:43:10+00:00

    First, confirm you have not modified any of the Secure Boot configurations..

    The attachment appears to show a normal drive.  If the have the Windows Boot Manager set as the primary boot device, it should boot normally.

    If you get a no boot device message and you have a drive installed and selected, thrn try replacing it with the other one to see if it will boot.  If you cloned or copied the install over, then both drives should not be in the system at the same time.

    If you can't get anything to work then remove both drives and reboot several times to allow the Bios to reset itself regarding bootable devices.  You can always try the boot device menu and see what choices are listed..

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-10-22T20:10:22+00:00

    Thank you both for the prompt response, i tried putting the old 500GB ssd (without the new M.2 installed) in first boot priority and upon restarting past the motherboard logo it a black screen that says select proper boot device or insert boot device and press a key. when there i hit enter and it just repeats the command. even with the m.2 installed with the old ssd selected at the first boot option it gives the same black screen.

    im including a screenshot of my disk management. i think the issue may have to do with the partitions? im actually not even sure why they are there.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-10-22T02:16:55+00:00

    The Windows Boot Manager is the bootable device on a UEFI system, it no longer boots to the actual drive.  

    If you want to know where it is booting, open Disk Management and see what shows as boot partition.  The System designation is where the boot files are but if you have two EFI System partitions, it may be hard to tell.

    If the drive was cloned, it is not a good idea to leave the original drive, still configured, installed.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-10-22T00:45:53+00:00

    Hello ,

    thank you for providing this question.

    I am a seasoned Windows expert with almost a decade in usage and support experience and hope to resolve your problems quickly.

    When you have two drives, one containing the os this one should be first in boot priority order or second if you want a cd or usb to be the first.

    Once you see the windows boot manager your bios found one on a drive which likely contains windows.

    If you installed a fresh empty drive its unlikely that it will contain the windows boot manager.

    Therefor maybe something is wrong with the master boot record of your hard drive, or the windows boot manager or the actual windows partition. We can validate this with some diagnosis.

    What happens if you put the the old ssd first in boot priority order and simply press enter when he prompts you to insert a boot media?

    If this solved your problem i am very happy if you would provide feedback and mark this as solved.

    If this didn't solve your problem or you need further assistance please answer in this thread and i would be happy to help.

    kind regards

    F. Grobusch

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